A hundred li from the Rōran Ruins.
Guided by Zetsu's clone, Sasori and Uchiha Shin, one ahead of the other, finally arrived and successfully met up with Deva Path Pain, Orochimaru, and the others.
"Then everyone's here!"
Deva Path Pain spoke indifferently. "It's time to enter the Rōran Ruins!"
"I've been waiting impatiently for this!" Hiruko's eyes suddenly flashed with brilliant light. "Kakashi, your Sharingan is mine!"
"Zetsu, have you found Uchiha Houka and the others?" Orochimaru suddenly asked.
"Not yet." Zetsu shook his head.
"As long as we capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, they won't be able to avoid showing themselves." Sasori sneered as he walked forward. "Orochimaru, don't tell me you're scared."
Orochimaru revealed a cold smile but did not argue with him.
The two had worked together as teammates long ago, but they had eventually grown sick of each other. There was no need to waste words on him.
Just then, a purple pillar of light that reached from heaven to earth suddenly shot up from the Rōran Ruins, piercing straight into the sky!
"That's... the power of the Dragon Vein?" Zetsu's eyes flickered.
"Let's go!"
Deva Path Pain took the lead and rushed forward.
The Dragon Vein's sealing altar had now been completely swallowed by the purple pillar of light.
Sakura stood in the distance, her face pale. "Naruto, Kakashi-sensei!!"
"What happened?!"
Sai ran over from behind. The moment he saw the purple pillar of light, he was instantly thrown into a panic and hurriedly asked, "Where's Naruto?"
Sakura had no time to pay attention to him. Her eyes remained fixed on the purple pillar of light.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Amid a series of terrifying explosions, Kakashi slowly regained consciousness. Looking up, he discovered that the entire earth seemed to be trembling like an earthquake,